► Shumaker Partner Brett Henson has been appointed to the legislative subcommittee co-chair of the Florida Bar real property, probate and trust law sections construction law committee and to the steering committee for Division 1: litigation and dispute resolution of the American Bar Association’s forum on construction law.
► Baldwin Risk Partners, a Tampa-based firm, donated $5.2 million to the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus, for the university’s risk management and insurance school, which will now be called the Baldwin Risk Partners School of Risk Management and Insurance.
► The Van Wezel Foundation has provided more than $540,000 this past year to Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall to underwrite arts education and community engagement programs for students, educators and families throughout the Suncoast.
► Ordained rabbi, local Jewish community leader and author Elaine Rose Glickman has been named assistant executive director of the Women’s Rabbinic Network.
► Lakewood Ranch Medical Center announced its affiliation with Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital to expand neonatal health services for the Women’s Center mothers and their newborns.
► The Florida Center for Early Childhood has been selected by the Manatee County school district to expand its nationally accredited school-based therapy program to 10 elementary schools with the highest need.
► Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast and Crowley Museum and Nature Center announced the permanent protection of 191 acres in Old Miakka.
► Bank of America has named Erik Vatter president of Bank of America for Sarasota-Manatee.
► Sarasota’s Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe named Beth Graves its marketing and communications director.
► Lighthouse Vision Loss Education Center has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Sarasota County to provide mental health counseling services to its clients.
► CenterPlace Health, in Sarasota, named Kari Ellingstad chief executive officer.
► Clive Daniel Home, a luxury home furnishings store, opened at 3055 Fruitville Commons Blvd., Sarasota, in the Fruitville Commons development.
► SVN Commercial Advisory Group added Jordan Murga to its office, retail and industrial investment sales team for the Sarasota office.
► Tricera Capital, a Miami-based commercial real estate firm, completed several leases totaling almost 40,000 square feet at downtown Sarasota’s Offices at Atria, including Kimley-Horn, a planning and design consultant, which is leasing 30,000 square feet of the building.